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Horace Mann Elementary

Public Grades K-5
5786th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 1% of California elementary schools
Summary

Horace Mann Elementary serves 200 students in grades K–5 in Oakland, California, within Oakland Unified. Its enrollment is smaller than that of nearby schools, which range from 217 to 722 students. The most important finding is that proficiency is low across all three tested subjects: in 2025–2026, about 11% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 6% in mathematics and 3% in science—well below both district and California rates.

Compared with nearby K–5 schools, Horace Mann was below the group’s average in all three subjects: about 11% versus 14% in ELA, 6% versus 11% in math, and 3% versus 5% in science. It had the lowest math proficiency among the five schools and the second-lowest science result. Fifth-grade ELA is a relative bright spot: about 14% proficiency was higher than at Bridges @ Melrose Academy Elementary, Global Family Elementary, Allendale Elementary and Lockwood STEAM Academy Elementary. Still, overall results were about 23–24 points below district rates and 32–38 points below state rates, depending on the subject. Math is least far behind the district and state, but weakest against nearby K–5 peers.

Over four years, results have been flat to declining, and the state proficiency gap widened by about 3–6 points across the subjects. ELA improved by about 3 points in the latest year, while math fell by about 7 and science by about 3; chronic absenteeism has fallen from 70% in 2022–2023 to 36% in 2025–2026, but remains above district and state rates. SchoolDigger places Horace Mann in the 1st statewide percentile for 2025–2026, with 0 stars. Its student–teacher ratio was 21 in 2024–2025, compared with a 22.1 nearby-school average; 64% of students were directly certified for free meals that year. A notable historical exception in SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school served student groups: in 2022–2023, African American students ranked at the 34th percentile, compared with the school’s overall 1st percentile, though the supplied data do not show whether this difference continued.

200
Students ?
21.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$31,225
Per pupil spending ?
63.5%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)
All students in California receive free school meals.
84%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 5222 Ygnacio Ave.
       Oakland, CA  94601-5422

(510) 879-2136

District: Oakland Unified


Students who attend Horace Mann Elementary usually attend:

High:    Fremont High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
56.0%
African American:
17.5%
White:
10.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (8% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school8%
District avg30%
California avg42%
5,786th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
47th of 49Elementary Schools in the Oakland Unified
1151st of 1,530Oakland Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.45786 of 58170.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.45763 of 58571.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.45797 of 58691.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.95784 of 58591.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.45872 of 58830.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.95783 of 57890.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.45638 of 56620.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.65460 of 56924.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.95448 of 56143.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.45392 of 56113.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201314.65076 of 55308.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201243.73026 of 539043.9%★★☆☆☆
201149.52623 of 537751.2%★★★☆☆
201048.22672 of 531449.7%★★☆☆☆
200924.24124 of 519320.6%★☆☆☆☆
200822.54161 of 511318.6%★☆☆☆☆
200714.24702 of 51138.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200618.24123 of 481814.4%★☆☆☆☆
20058.74710 of 48222.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200412.14550 of 48095.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202332.0437 of 66133.9%★★☆☆☆
201812.4690 of 7001.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202422.82961 of 31626.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.82954 of 32459.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.13196 of 33113.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.63256 of 32750.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.43204 of 32461.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.55566 of 55810.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.45566 of 55970.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.35588 of 56120.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.75570 of 56090.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.35614 of 56350.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.05490 of 54920.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.95406 of 54130.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20266.45057 of 50940.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.95021 of 51071.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.95064 of 51070.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.55063 of 50870.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.45067 of 50840.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.44961 of 49630.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.04791 of 48300.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20266.25381 of 54230.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.55335 of 54602.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.15430 of 55171.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.95271 of 53631.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.15251 of 52640.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.15168 of 51730.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.45055 of 50840.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20267.65525 of 56031.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.15431 of 56283.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.95382 of 56434.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.95514 of 56382.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.85662 of 56630.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.95501 of 55100.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.95397 of 54310.6%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2023)34th percentile+33 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)6th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy11%-38 vs state
Mathematics6%-32 vs state
Science3%-33 vs state

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Students who attend Horace Mann Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Fremont High

Horace Mann Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.5% of California elementary schools.

Students at Horace Mann Elementary are 56% Hispanic, 18% African American, 11% White, 9% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 2% American Indian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 200 students attended Horace Mann Elementary.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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